Protoplanetary Disk (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

Protoplanetary Disk

Caption

This is an artist's conception of a young star surrounded by a primordial rotating disk of gas and dust from which planets can form.

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Illustration is by Robin Dienel, courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science

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